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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Southwestern, West Saxonadjective

    a dialect of Middle English

  2. southwest, southwestern, southwesterlyadjective

    situated in or oriented toward the southwest

  3. southwesternadjective

    of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado

Wiktionary

  1. southwesternadjective

    Of or pertaining to the southwest.

    Locals think southwestern sunsets are the most beautiful.

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  1. southwestern

    Southwestern generally refers to something situated in, originating from, or characteristic of the southwestern part of a region, country or continent. The term can be used to describe geography, culture, cuisine, architecture, etc. Additionally, it is also used as a specific term in the United States to refer to the southwestern states, particularly Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, and Colorado.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Southwesternadjective

    of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of southwestern in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of southwestern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of southwestern in a Sentence

  1. Deion Sanders:

    Jackson State Tigers won its first Southwestern Athletic Conference title since 2007. Hunter was expected to sign with Florida State, Sanders ’ alma mater. He gave a non-binding verbal commitment back in March and was considered to be a key player during this year’s recruiting class. The Seminoles have n’t won a national championship since 2013, and The Seminoles have four straight losing seasons under two different head coaches. Jackson State Tigers head coach Deion Sanders speaks with Jackson Deion Sanders( 2) during the Orange Blossom Classic game between the Florida A and M Rattlers and the Jackson State Tigers Sept. 5, 2021 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL. ( Nick Tre. Smith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP ‘ We’re going to shock the country.

  2. Pedram Javaheri:

    For a southwestern city which receives 30-50 % of its annual rainfall during its summer monsoons, it is almost unheard of to avoid any precipitation during the summer months, for context, the longest period Phoenix has observed without rainfall was only 160 consecutive days in 1972.

  3. Bill Hare:

    The Bureau of Meteorology and others have predicted another extremely dangerous fire season on the east coast and also in southwestern Australia, if that explodes again, it's going to be very damaging economically and also psychologically. I think people are scarcely recovering from the bushfires last year and early this year. So when you're looking at these regions now, you can see the damage has not been undone.

  4. Cheng Rong-fong:

    The southwestern coast of Taiwan has been an important salt farm since the Qing Dynasty, it has a unique background, culture and ecological value. Yet, a decade after it was declared a national scenic area, it still hasn't received much attention from tourists. So we thought to ourselves, is it time to try a new mode of thinking ?

  5. Corey Wallace:

    It further complicates the projection of Chinese military power into the southwestern maritime domain around Japan's Ryukyu islands.

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